Murphy Auditorium Concert Series

The Driehaus Museum and Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) are proud to announce a partnership on a new three-part chamber concert series in the historic Murphy Auditorium (50 East Erie.) Inspiring audiences to discover connections across disciplines, CSO will curate evening-length concerts that reflect the themes of the Driehaus Museum’s 2025 exhibitions. The series kicks off with a program in celebration of A Tale of Today: Materialities from 6:30-8:30PM on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, featuring an introduction to the exhibition by its guest curator Dr. Giovanni Aloi. Tickets are $50 and include admission to see A Tale of Today: Materialities during regular museum hours.

In celebration of A Tale of Today: Materialities, musicians from CSO perform Phillip Glass’s Quartet Satz, a contemporary and unique string quartet that was composed for the Kronos Quartet. The program continues with Beethoven’s Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola, and concludes with George Chadwick’s String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor. Tickets are available at driehausmuseum.org/programs.